BRAND
ARTIGIANALE-HANDCRAFTED
MODEL
Ama glasses
TYPOLOGY
with self-compensating beads
TECHNICAL FEATURES
two independent mini glasses
COMPENSATOR
no
HEAD STRAP
elastic strap in rubber or other
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
balsa or coconut wood
COLOR
various colors
CRYSTAL SIZE
-
SPECIAL FEATURES
the glasses were originally set with tallow
NOTE
goggles derived from the Japanese originals created by Yasutarō Tamagusuku in 1884 for the Ama - in the picture they are worn by an Ama, a Japanese woman fishing for abalone
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Japan
YEAR OF PRESENTATION
-
SOURCE
catalogs